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Jun 24
1/8

Yesterday at Leinster House for World Whistleblower Day, the conversations afterward turned powerfully to accountability, protections for those who speak out and the gaps that still exist in our institutions.

Follow up discussions quickly moved to the banking crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, very much ongoing today - & whether the full story of decision-making back then has ever been properly confronted.

Those exchanges prompted a closer look at key testimony from the Banking Inquiry that still feels unresolved today.
2/8

One striking piece came from former AIB Chairman Dermot Gleeson, who recalled the night of the blanket bank guarantee in September 2008.

Gleeson said Finance Minister - the late Brian Lenihan told him he was prepared to let Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide wind down.

Gleeson added that AIB viewed Irish Nationwide as irretrievably broken at that point, and he was surprised by how the broader guarantee unfolded without fuller input from some key players.

Crucially, when Anglo’s Sean Fitzpatrick publicly claimed that all banks were insolvent, Gleeson wrote to him describing those comments as “frankly outrageous”, insisting AIB did not see itself as having a solvency problem on that critical night - contrary to discussions in May 2019 in Finance Committee in which it is openly acknowledged that banks were insolvent.
3/8

Gleeson’s account painted a picture of AIB as somewhat sidelined from the final guarantee decision, learning the details largely through the media the next morning.

He maintained that the focus that evening was heavily on containing the risks from Anglo’s collapse and its potential ripple effects, rather than any immediate crisis of solvency at the larger pillar banks themselves.

This testimony left many wondering how much of the systemic picture was shared openly at the time versus managed behind closed doors.
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Jun 24
SitRep - 23/06/26 - Lots of attacks in occupied Crimea

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Overnight, Ukraine attacked Port Kavkaz, the Kerch oil terminal, substations and many logistic lines in occupied Crimea.

REPOST=appreciated

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As usual we start with Russian losses
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Jun 24
A founder who's spent 11 years inside the lives of India's elderly told me the kindest things we do for our parents are quietly aging them faster. The list will sting. 🧵
Give a driver, they stop driving. Give a cook, they stop cooking. Each "favour" removes a reason to move, decide, exist. He calls it the Dependency Risk Spiral: confidence → decision-making → relevance, lost in that order.
"Getting old is mandatory. Feeling old is optional." Tell someone "don't climb the stairs, don't drive, don't, don't, don't" for ten years and you've built the frailty you were afraid of.
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Jun 24
After 2 years using Claude, I can say it’s the technology that has revolutionized my life.

Here are 15 prompts I use daily that have transformed my day to day; they could do the same for you:

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1. Daily Strategic Planning

Turn chaos into a clear execution plan.

Prompt: Act as an executive productivity coach.

Help me organize my day with the following information:

Goals for today: [list of goals]
Tasks: [list of tasks]
Meetings: [list of meetings]
Deadlines: [list of deadlines]
Then:
1. Identify my top 3 priorities
2. Suggest a structured schedule
3. Highlight tasks that can be automated or delegated 4. Recommend the highest impact activities for today
2. Research Assistant

Get structured information in minutes.

Prompt: Act as a professional research analyst.

Research the following topic: [topic]

Provide:
1. Key information
2. Current trends
3. Important statistics
4. Main companies or market players
5. Opportunities and risks in this sector
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Jun 24
The current AI industry stack:

1. Mostly monopoly or oligopoly compute companies, from ASML to NVDA to MU etc.

who mostly sell to,

2. Three serious hyperscalers.

who mostly sell to,

3. Two serious model companies.

who sell to,

4. All sorts of companies, large and tiny.
What seems clear:

1. Is most vulnerable to a boom/bust cycle, since revenue can collapse 80%+. But stands to win the most if compute demand stays strong. If demand doubles from 2029 to 2032, they are still very cheap. If demand maintains 2029 level long term, they are reasonably priced or a bit cheap. If demand collapses, they will collapse.

2. Has good upside if compute demand stays high, low downside given long term contracts. Heads they are worth double+, but don't benefit more than that from an ever increasing demand scenario. Tails they tread water for a few years as they work through over investment.

3. Are an extremely binary bet which comes down to, "Is it AI hardware improvement driving most AI gains, or will rearchers/other going to drive it?" If the former, these are going to be terrible commodity businesses. If the latter, they will become the most valuable companies in the world and it's not close. I think the bullish odds are very low, but if someone disagrees these are a *screaming* long.

4. Seem screwed generally.
Importantly: it's very possible that there's both:

1. Gets hit badly in a boom/bust cycle

and

3. Researchers end up driving the big improvement in AI, in which case they'd actually beneift from the boom/bust cycle, as the game would likely be winner takes all. We can already see this where the very best model has huge pricing power ... I just don't think this is durable at all for lots of reasons.Image
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Jun 24
Vitamin D is NOT a vitamin.
It’s a steroid hormone that controls over 1000 genes.
Your metabolism,mood and immunity depend on it.
Most people are dangerously low and don’t even know.
🧵 Read this before you pop another pill 👇
1. What is Vitamin D, really?
Despite its name, Vitamin D is a hormone, not a vitamin.
It’s produced in your skin when exposed to sunlight (UVB).
It then gets activated in the liver and kidneys to its hormone form: Calcitriol (1,25(OH)₂D) a powerful regulator of:
•Immunity
•Calcium metabolism
•Inflammation
•Gene expression
•Mood and brain health
2. Symptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency
Most people have NO clue they’re deficient. Watch out for:
•Fatigue and low energy
•Joint or back pain
•Frequent infections
•Poor wound healing
•Hair fall
•Low mood or depression
•Bone pain / fractures
•Poor sleep

🧠 Also linked to brain fog and anxiety.
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Jun 24
ALARMING HISTORICAL WARNING:

In 1909, Dr. W.B. Clark reported in the New York Press:

“Cancer was practically unknown until cowpox vaccination began to be introduced (in 1853). I have had to deal with 200 cases of cancer and I never saw a case of cancer in an unvaccinated person.”

Cancer was a rarity more than 250 years ago.

Then came mass vaccination programs.

Today? Cancer is a global epidemic — striking younger and younger people, with rates exploding across every age group.

Coincidence? Or the predictable result of injecting foreign material into the human body for generations?

They told us it was “safe and effective.”
History — and this doctor who actually treated the cases — tells a very different story.

Question everything.
Your life and your children’s lives may depend on it.

What exactly is being injected?? Glad you asked...

Polysorbate 80, Aluminum, Formaldehyde, MF59 Squalene, Acetone, Borax, 2-Phenoxyethanol, SV40 Cancer promoter, Triton X-100, Bovine/Poultry Byproducts, Neomycin, Hamster/Monkey/Dog/Human Cells, Live Viruses, E. Coli, Tetanus Toxoid & more.Image

Link To The History Of Vaccination & The Harms It Has Caused: positivehealth.com/article/vaccin…Image

Historical SV40 Contamination In Vaccines:ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22111…
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Jun 24
How Quake ruined id Software.

There has been a lot of praise of Quake of late, with its 30th anniversary, and it's deserved. Quake is an amazing feat of art, programming, and design. I worked on it, and everything came together almost perfectly from all of us. We ended up with a free-wheeling, frenetic action game with enough of a visible world to grip the imagination.

All the team did a brilliant job, fulfilling tasks just right. But at a grim cost. We worked long and hard, and I think it broke us spiritually.
1/3
Here is the toll it took. Within a couple years of finishing Quake, the following men left id Software:

John Romero(!), Shawn Green, Dave Taylor, Mike Abrash, and American McGee. (Oh yes, and me.) Some of us were forced out, some left eagerly. But here's the thing - look at we who left. EVERY ONE of us went on to an incredible career in game development, so plainly we didn't depart because of some kind of talent issue. The idea is ridiculous. We were all highly competent, just a little burnt out after the labor of Quake. And if my naysayers want to say, "Well Sandy, YOU should have clearly been ousted because you suck." Okay, but even John Romero was gone. Michael Abrash!! Id's workhorse, Dave Taylor. American! It wasn't just me. You don't think id Software suffered by losing John frigging Romero?!

Id Software was never the same aftger. In my opinion (only an opinion), the only other truly great game that id produced was Quake 3, and it was not at the level of the pre-Quake games.
2/3
So if my theorem is correct, and Quake gutted id Software, was it worth it? Well I'd say yes absolutely. Games are more important than game companies, and Quake is an iconic titan of the gaming world.

Plus it's not like the people who left vanished off the face of the Earth. John Romero's still making games. I'm still making games, Mike Abrash as well, and so forth. We're all contributing to the hobby. Heck, I'm GLAD I was gone, because I got to work on the Age of Empire series which was amazeballs.

But man alive it seems like the company could have had its act together better and kept that dream team.
3/3
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Jun 24
🧵 1/6: Is E20 Petrol Secretly Damaging Your Car? 🚗💨
Social media is flooded with videos of rusted fuel tanks, stalled engines, and ants at petrol caps.
Public anxiety is high even as the government advanced the E20 target. On June 23, 2026, MoPNG issued a strong official statement busting the myths. Here’s the cold, hard science. 👇Image
2/6: Why Is the ARAI Test Report Classified? 🔍
Critics asked why the government declined an RTI for raw ARAI reports. MoPNG withheld proprietary manufacturer-specific data.
However, the full regulatory & policy blueprint is public:
• Timeline: Committee of Secretaries (Nov 28, 2020) → CCEA (Dec 21, 2020) → NITI Aayog expert sessions (Jan & Mar 2021).
• Experts: Led by

Dr. Reji Mathai (ARAI),
Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar (IOCL R&D),
ARAI’s Dr. Sukrut Thipse & Moqtik Bawase,
plus SIAM’s

C.V. Raman,
Anoop Bhat & Harjeet.
3/6: Technical Parameters of On-Road Trials 📊
Yes — rigorously tested on Indian roads.
Joint study by CSIR-IIP Dehradun, ARAI Pune & IOCL R&D Faridabad:
• Fleet: Carbureted & fuel-injected BS-III, BS-IV & BS-VI engines.
• Test: Up to 1,00,000 km with physical teardowns every 10,000 km.
• Findings: Zero abnormal wear, zero material damage, zero premature lubricant degradation. Passed extreme hot & cold start tests.Image
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Jun 24
1)-Thread

~ The McCairn Protocol ~
(also called the Edogawa-McCairn Protocol)

• is an experimental, two-part treatment approach developed or promoted by neuroscientist Dr. Kevin McCairn, PhD, in collaboration with a hospital in Japan (Edogawa Hospital) & ran by Dr Kato

• It primarily targets symptoms associated with Long COVID & post-mRNA vaccine injury

• it focuses on issues like persistent spike protein, amyloid fibrin microclots, autoantibodies, inflammation, & related vascular/neurological damage
edogawadfpa.com
2)

• The full protocol is typically an outpatient process spanning about 2 weeks at the Japanese facility, with pre-/post-testing (including microclot analysis via Thioflavin T staining & fluorescence microscopy through Synaptek Labs)

• Dr. McCairn’s work involves neuroscience research (previously on movement disorders like tics in primates) & analysis of blood samples for amyloid fibrils, abnormal clotting, & prion-like misfolding potentially linked to spike protein

• The protocol addresses what proponents call “spikeopathy” — persistent effects from SARS-CoV-2 or mRNA vaccines leading to microclots, endothelial damage, & chronic inflammation

• It is not a mainstream or FDA-approved treatment for these indications

• It is positioned as a proof-of-concept study with patient testimonials (e.g., dramatic improvements in energy, cognition, & function in some severe cases or similar)

• Efforts are underway to fund IRB-approved trials in the U.S. to study it more rigorously

• This protocol represents one investigational avenue in a broader field of microclot & spike-related research
3)

1~ DFPA~ Double Filtration Plasmapheresis/Apheresis Adsorption Therapy (Part 1: “Cleaning/Filtering”)

• Unlike standard plasmapheresis (which replaces plasma with donor plasma or albumin), DFPA uses filtration to retain most of the patient’s own plasma while targeting specific larger molecules/pathological elements

~ Goal:

• Physically remove circulating microclots (often amyloid-positive fibrin structures) & inflammatory triggers that may impair microcirculation, contributing to fatigue, brain fog, etc
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Jun 23
@forallcurious Possibility of Cold Neutrino Ejection from Black Holes & Dark Matter Production

Touches many active areas of theoretical physics — primordial black holes (PBHs), Hawking radiation, sterile neutrinos, dark matter — not a standard model prediction but theoretically possible...
@forallcurious These emissions could be sterile neutrinos interacting weakly with Standard Model sector.

Sterile neutrinos produced at low energies (cold) may escape observable universe w/o interacting, invisible to current detectors.

Sterile neutrino dark matter candidates evade detection.
@forallcurious PBHs slowly evaporate, releasing low-energy particles which are dark matter candidates (sterile neutrinos, axions) remaining in a separate “dark sector” or extra dimension.

PBHs may undergo final explosive bursts (Hawking explosion) producing high-energy particles & dark matter.
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Jun 23
EXCLUSIVE: Photos prove Pres. Trump report that vandals destroyed Lincoln Reflecting Pool construction by cutting a huge piece out of the sides and more. Watch my report!
The New York Times got part of the story right about the Trump Reflecting Pool knife damage ebut they don’t have any pictures to confirm it.
As I explain in the video, the Lincoln Reflecting Pool crew told me on the morning of June 9 about the serious damage that was done overnight. They were very upset about it. They met with President Trump in the Oval Office that evening.

I couldn’t get into the pool myself to see the damage.

I asked contractor Eddie Wood. He told me not to report it.

Ive asked The White House, Interior Department and National Park Service for information. They all refused.

Yesterday, an independent source gave me photos taken that morning of the damage and given to Park Police.

President Trump has given an accurate report of the destruction except he said 250 feet and my source said it’s 177 feet.
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